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John Fry 1500 – 1566 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Corston, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 1566

Death Location: Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England

Father: John Frye

Mother: Johanna Bray

Spouse(s): Lady Light

Children(s): William Frye, Thomas Frye, John Frye

In 1500, John Fry entered the world in Corston, Wiltshire, England, born to John Frye and Johanna Joanna Bray. John Fry married Lady Agnes Light, and had children including William Frye, Thomas Frye, John Frye. John Fry passed away in 1566 in Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1500, John Fry entered the world in Corston, Wiltshire, England, born to John Frye and Johanna Joanna Bray.
  • John Fry married Lady Agnes Light, and had children including William Frye, Thomas Frye, John Frye.
  • John Fry passed away in 1566 in Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Frye
1475 – 1559
Birth Location: Corston, Wiltshire, England
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Johanna Bray
1478 – 1525
Birth Location: St Columb, Cornwall, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Light
1504 – 1557
Birth Location: Wiltshire, England
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Children(s)

William Frye
1528 – 1572
Birth Location: Corston, Wiltshire, England
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Thomas Frye
1530 –
Birth Location: Chalton, Hampshire, England
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John Frye
Birth Location: –
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John Fry's Ancestors

Self
John Fry
1500 – 1566
Birth Place: Corston, Wiltshire, England
Parents
John Frye
1475 – 1559
Corston, Wiltshire, England
Johanna (Joanna) Bray
1478 – 1525
St Columb, Cornwall, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard William) Fry,
1445 – 1504
Wiltshire, England
Lady (Joan) Beaufort
1433 – 1518
Middlesex London
Sir (Richard) Bray
1430 – 1485
England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Frye,
1417 – 1483
Lady Cammell
1418 – 1499
Sir Lancastrians,
1406 – 1455
Lady Beauchamp,
1407 – 1467
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Frye,
1385 – 1482
John Cammell
1384 – 1460
Joan Plecy
1360 –
John Beaufort,
1371 – 1410
Margaret Holand,
1385 – 1440
Sir Beauchamp,
1382 – 1439
Elizabeth Lisle
1386 – 1422

John Fry's Descendants

1.
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John Fry (1500 – 1566) m. Lady (Agnes) Light (1504 – 25 Aug 1557)
  1. 1. William Frye (1528 – 1572) m. Elizabeth Abbott (1532 – )
    1. 1. Robert (Richard) Fry (1557 – 23 Sep 1619) m. Margaret (1562 – 1638)
      1. 1. Richard Fry (1583 – 7 Sep 1655)
      2. 2. Agnes Fry (Abt. 1583 – )
      3. 3. Alexander Fry (1585 – 6 Sep 1638) m. Mary Frye (1589 – Deceased)
        1. 1. John (Fry) Ffrie, (9 Apr 1601 – 09 Nov 1693) m. Anne (Bessing) Stratton (1605 – 22 Oct 1680)
      4. 4. Margaret Fry (1598 – )
    2. 2. Roger Fry (Feb 1562 – )
    3. 3. William Frye (1565 – 2 Nov 1610)
  2. 2. Thomas Frye (1530 – ) m. Margarett Turner ( – abt 1632)
    1. 1. William Fry (1580 – bef 1653) m. Anne Burton (1582 – )
      1. 1. Richard Fry (12 Nov 1597 – 7 Sep 1655) m. Honoure Gauntlett (1585 – 18 Aug 1610) m. Elizabeth Willis (1585 – 5 Jun 1623)
        1. 1. Richard (Fry) Frye (Abt. 1607 – Dec 1661) m. Mary (Abt. 1609 – Abt. 1687)
      2. 2. Joseph Frye (c. 1600-1620 – bef 1680)
      3. 3. Anne Frye ( – abt 1677)
  3. 3. John Frye

John Fry's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of John Fry in Corston, Wiltshire, England
Corston, Wiltshire, England
1566
1566
Age 66
Death of John Fry in Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England
Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Corston, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1566
    Event Place: Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England
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